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Tucked away somewhere in the White House, maybe down in the basement fridge, is a vat of Kool-Aid and a little stack of Dixie cups reserved for the true believers. Every Administration brews the stuff, but each makes it differently. Some stir in strong convictions, some just sweet loyalty. Whatever the mix, the motive is the same: to instill in all who drink it an unshakable faith in the man and his mission, infuse discipline and ensure a second term. Belief runs so strong in this White House that when the President found himself with a suddenly serious credibility...
...Washington Post that he didn't know if he would have recommended going to war had he known then that there were no stockpiles of weapons after all, the White House had no choice but to speak out--and fast. Bush allies widely believe that Powell, never a Kool-Aid drinker, has one foot out the door and is polishing his credentials accordingly. "The Powellites think Bush is going to lose the election, and they think he's going to lose because of the war that they opposed," a Bush loyalist says. "They want to win the ideological contest...
...just want to coax them back to the mill. But employees at SAS aren't that jaded. Maybe it's the free M&Ms, the twice-weekly, on-site discounted car detailing, the art classes, the yoga and the in-house artist. Or maybe everyone just drank the Kool-Aid. But the employees genuinely talk about having fun at work. "If I want M&Ms, I can go to the store," notes Oliver Schabenberger, a software developer. What he values, rather, is a culture that gives him the time and freedom to think and create and collaborate with colleagues from...
...their success is that while fantasizing about being tougher than leather, they never forgot that they were softer than puppies. "A lot of people get caught up with making music into their identity," says Williams. "But my people--hybrid people--we respond to everything. I love Kool Moe Dee, but I also love America. And I would never let my appreciation for one kind of music keep me from listening to another...
Phelps-Roper called the counter-protest “a wimpy wussy little counter-protest” of “freaks…who put Kool-Aid in their hair...